Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1351, Drive away wolf

In Chengji-Tula City, all the nobles, tribal leaders, etc. in the city were driven out by Han Yi, and at this moment, they still can't maintain enough trust in them.

However, these tribal leaders and nobles did not dare to have any opinions on this. When they heard that they could leave, they immediately fled here and returned to their tribe.

In order to show their loyalty to the Son of Heaven, some tribes quickly sent people to send a large amount of tribute, such as fine mink fur, deer skin, bear skin, wolf skin, etc., to show their loyalty to the Son of Heaven. Loyalty, but also afraid that Da Ming would continue to attack them.

With only [-] Ming troops, the city of Chengji-Tula was captured in less than half an hour. The Siberian Khanate was completely vulnerable to the mighty Ming Empire.

It was a blessing to be able to submit to the Ming Empire. At least compared to the Kazakhs, they were lucky. Only a few people were killed, and most of them were fine.

It's just that the object of allegiance has been changed, and they can still live in this ancient land in the future. Other than that, there is not much difference. Even according to the law promulgated by the Ming people, they need to pay Taxes are much less than before.

After driving away the original tribal leaders and nobles in the city, the [-] Ming army started vigorous construction again.

A large number of four-wheeled carriages transported a large amount of materials and manpower from Hezhong and the Western Regions. At the same time, a large number of businessmen sensed business opportunities and came here with goods to exchange furs in the hands of various tribes.

Fur is not worth much here, but it is very valuable in Daming. A high-quality fur can be sold at a high price of hundreds or thousands of taels in the capital of Daming.

But here, you may only need to spend a few catties of food in exchange for these tribes, and they have all kinds of fur in their hands.

Only these merchants can know how big the profit is, but you can know the value of fur by looking at the fur merchants flocking to them.

"Huo Yun, pass on the order. Since it is still midsummer and the temperature here is still relatively high, the city wall, garrison barracks, government office and some important buildings must be built."

"At the same time, we must mobilize a large amount of grain from the river. We must stockpile enough grain before winter. The five thousand troops need the same supplies for the winter."

Han Yi continued to patrol the city, and the [-] Ming soldiers turned into construction workers, using cement and steel bars to build a solid city wall, and at the same time built garrison barracks, Daming government offices, commercial streets, immigration areas, etc.

Time is very tight, summer is coming to an end soon, and it will become very cold at that time, all these must be built before winter, and at the same time, enough food, wood, winter supplies, etc. must be stored for the winter.

After occupying this place, the imperial court will also exile some prisoners here. Although these prisoners are exiled, they still need to be given basic guarantees.

"Yes, my lord!"

Huo Yun quickly took out his pen and quickly wrote it down. He will be in charge of stationing here, and at the same time he will be fully responsible for the affairs here.

While talking, the two came to the newly built gate of the city. According to the customs of Daming, the name of the city must be engraved on the gate of the city.

"My lord, please think of a name."

Huo Yun looked at the new city gate and said to Han Yi.

"Hmm~"

Han Yi looked at the newly built city gate. This city gate was tall, and its structure and style were in the style of Daming. Ugly, rudimentary, very primitive, backward, full of barbarian atmosphere.

"Let's call it Winter City!"

Han Yi pondered for a while, thought for a while and said.

"Winter City!"

"Good name, good name!"

When Huo Yun heard it, he also praised with a smile.

"Haha, take whatever you want. Because it's too cold here, it's called Winter City. In a few months, you'll be able to experience the coldness of Winter City."

Han Yi smiled. It has already become a routine operation to name the newly included Daming territory, and he, Han Yi, has already given names to many places.

The original names of many places were very long and unpleasant, which did not conform to the habits and culture of the Ming people, so they had to be changed.

Like this Winter City, the original name was Chengji-Tula City, which is very difficult to remember and pronounce, and it seems very awkward. Changing it to Winter City sounds much better.

Soon, someone came to the top of the city, and engraved the three characters of Rinwinter City on the position of the plaque on the top of the city, officially announcing that the city had gained a new life, and it has been inseparably linked with the Ming Empire ever since.

"General, we just learned from these tribal leaders and nobles that tens of thousands of Kazakhs came here a few days before we attacked the Siberian Khanate and asked Murtaza Khan to take them in. In the end, Murtaza Khan would They were assigned to the northernmost area and went north along the Ob River."

"Should we catch up and kill the grass?"

Huo Yun soon had another incident and reported it to Han Yihui.

"No, it's already cold enough here. If you go further north, you will enter the Arctic Circle. Where it is colder and barren. Tens of thousands of them entered these places and lost most of their cattle, sheep and horses. They must be It's going to be hard to get through this winter."

"At that time, they will not be able to survive, and they will definitely attack the local tribes in Siberia, robbing these tribes of food, livestock, etc."

"By the way, help us clean up this piece of land. At that time, those tribes will definitely ask us to come to our heads. If we give some help, some food and so on, they will be loyal to us and feel more recognized. .”

"As for these Kazakhs, the rest are the old and the weak, women and children, and it is difficult to survive this winter. If we can survive the winter, we will let them go."

"Originally we could catch up with them, but the reason why we didn't catch up non-stop is that it's useful to keep them."

Han Yi thought for a while and shook his head slightly.

"it works?"

Huo Yun was a little confused, wouldn't it be good to take them back and make them slaves?

Are there other uses?
"Of course it works."

"This is an order from the capital, an order from the emperor."

"The princes of the court see very far, not only seeing the present, but also seeing the future."

"The Siberian Khanate may not see anything yet, but they will be of great use to the Kazan Khanate and the Astrakhan Khanate."

"The Kazakh Khanate is inextricably linked with the several Khanates that split from the Golden Horde. In the final analysis, they were all established by the descendants of Genghis Khan."

"The Kazan Khanate and the Astrakhan Khanate are at the easternmost point in Europe, and to their west are the Moscow Principality and the Crimean Khanate."

"We drove these Kazakhs to the west. They were desperate, and they didn't have enough cattle and sheep. Naturally, they would rob and plunder, and had fierce conflicts with the tribes in these places, which greatly weakened their strength."

"Wouldn't this be of great benefit to our continued westward expansion in the Ming Dynasty?"

Han Yi smiled and said.

As a senior general of Ming Dynasty, he has the opportunity to get in touch with this level of information, and he also needs to think about this aspect.

Did Ming occupy the Siberian Khanate just for the land here?
It's not that simple. Besides the land here, Da Ming is more concerned about opening the door to Europe. In the future, when Da Ming attacks Europe, he can attack west from Winter City.

It is also possible to attack westward from the Kazakh grassland on the east coast of the Caspian Sea that is currently occupied, and it is also possible to attack from Nanyun Province, northward from the Caucasus region, and attack Europe in three ways.

"It turns out that the princes in the court really have a far-sighted vision, which is beyond my reach."

After Huo Yun heard this, he suddenly became enlightened, and finally understood why many tribes in the Kazakh Khanate could be wiped out by a quick march, but they had to be mopped up slowly with water.

The original purpose was to drive these Kazakh tribes westward, drive them to Europe, and let them disrupt the European countries such as the Kazan Khanate, the Astrakhan Khanate, the Crimean Khanate, and the Principality of Moscow.

"Actually, the Kazan Khanate and the Astrakhan Khanate are nothing. They are similar to the Siberia Khanate. Our Ming Dynasty can be wiped out."

"But farther west, the Principality of Moscow is a tough one."

"It was originally a country under the Golden Horde, and it collected taxes from the Slavic countries in Eastern Europe for the Golden Horde. With this rapid development and growth, it became the most powerful of many Slavic countries. .”

"About forty years ago, the Principality of Moscow got rid of the control of the Golden Horde through war, and together with the Tatars in Crimea, they wiped out the Golden Horde, and eventually evolved into The current situation."

"The Principality of Moscow is rapidly becoming stronger, and it is also ambitious. It continues to expand its territory in all directions. It has attacked the Kazan Khanate several times before and after, and occupied Kazan, the capital of the Kazan Khanate."

"For such an ambitious country, our Ming Dynasty must take precautions early and make sufficient preparations. Now driving these Kazakh tribes over is also to let them deal with the Principality of Moscow."

Han Yi rode his horse and chatted with Huo Yun while patrolling. As the senior general of Daming stationed in the western border, he also knew the situation in this area like the back of his hand.

"It's also for this purpose that our Ming Dynasty supports the Crimean Khanate?"

"There are considerations in this regard, and of course it is also to obtain slaves from Eastern Europe."

"At the end of last year, the Principality of Moscow even sent envoys to Nanyun Province to protest to our Daming, saying that we must cut off ties with the Crimean Khanate. The tone was very loud."

"We are not allowed to sell weapons, and we are not allowed to engage in slave trade with the Crimean Khanate. In short, they made a lot of demands, but in the end they were driven back. It is said that they threatened that we Ming people will look good in the future."

"Haha, they are the only ones who can make us Ming people look good?"

"Don't underestimate them. In ancient times, they were the Slavs, one of the three major barbarians in Europe. Their former grand duke married the last princess of the Eastern Roman Empire and claimed to be the successor of the Roman Empire. You can see their ambitions."

"..."

　It was from this period that Mao Xiong began to work hard. It took hundreds of years to lay down the largest land in the world. Many Khanates that were descendants of Genghis Khan were almost completely annexed by it~
　　
　
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